BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Finance announced Wednesday it will start selling 30 billion yuan (4.55 billion U.S. dollars) worth of certificate treasury bonds this week.
8 Z2 P" u7 I; H, L& t With a maturity term of five years, the T-bonds would have a fixed annual par interest rate of 3.6 percent, the ministry said.. D8 |$ k8 u# [3 ?
The public will be able to purchase the bonds from Feb. 17 to 21 at the retailing outlets of designated underwriting institutions.
# g+ G! I/ F3 K1 E5 n( E The bonds will become tradable in all exchange markets from Feb. 23. The interests would be paid annually, said the ministry.' C; T1 A- ?3 c3 z
This is the fourth batch of book-entry national treasury bonds launched by the ministry this year |